Solimar International

JULY 19, 2023

Green Investments in Tourism: Unlocking Opportunities and Experiences for Sustainable Growth (World Tourism Day 2023) Green investments in the tourism industry are crucial as we move farther away from the pandemic, as many consumer preferences have shifted to become more eco-friendly.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

February 2017. But in recent years, sustainability has grown from a niche topic to a central focus in the industry. More planners than ever are including certain sustainable measures in their RFPs, looking for ways to reduce waste and even carbon accounting—keeping track of the carbon emissions produced throughout their events.

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Solimar International

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Learn about sustainable tourism in Slovenia, Europe’s hidden gem. Here at Solimar, we pride ourselves on being experts in sustainable tourism. We’ve consulted with destinations on their tourism strategies all across the world, from distant Nepal to Timor-Leste to local West Virginia.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

Lobby at InterContinental Berlin Sustainability at InterContinental Berlin Along with its extensive renovations, InterContinental Berlin has also focused on implementing major sustainability practices. I asked him about the sustainability initiatives implemented during the renovation.

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Solimar International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

World Tourism Day is here! The 2021 theme chosen by the World Tourism Organization is “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”. In this blog post, We’ll explore the origins of World Tourism Day, and the goals being set for the future. What is World Tourism Day? What is World Tourism Day? Every year on 27th September.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 14, 2024

The post ATM 2024 will address sustainability and innovation in the aviation sector appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Transformative areas that are likely to be high on the agenda are sustainability and the role of startups and innovators in transporting the industry into the next era.

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 10, 2024

The post Philippines to host the 1st ever UN Tourism Gastronomy Forum appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. And while one can virtually gain familiarity with various tastes and dishes from all over the world, nothing beats savoring the actual thing bite by bite.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 11, 2023

The ominous warning signs of climate change have accelerated our desire for ”last chance tourism,” driving us to observe animals and landscapes in danger–and to do our part to protect those ecosystems. Conservation tourism emerged from the 1950s conservation movement, originally aimed at protecting “nature from people.”

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Solimar International

AUGUST 5, 2021

A Tourism Improvement District (TID) is a revolutionary way to fund destination marketing programs. They are typically run by local businesses that collaborate and invest collectively to support the growth and development of their destination’s tourism industry. West Hollywood Tourism Improvement District Case Study.

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Solimar International

JULY 22, 2022

In part one of this series, we discussed how tourism and climate change are inextricably linked. Nature-based tourism is becoming increasingly vulnerable to changing weather patterns, while the nature of tourism itself contributes 8% of global emissions. The Sundarbans Reserve Forest in Bangladesh.

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Tourism eSchool

MARCH 17, 2023

Home Destinations Transforming Community Sentiment Towards Tourism By Nic Cooper, Regenerative Tourism Specialist Published on March 18, 2023 What happens when a community turns it back on tourism? In some circumstances communities have taken matters into their own hands and put up fierce resistant to visitors.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Additional popular tourism destinations adversely affected by rising sea levels include Venice, Bangkok and, closer to home, Miami and New Orleans. Hurricane Maria (a Category 4 storm) caused such catastrophic damage to Puerto Rico in 2017 that it was considered a humanitarian crisis.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 9, 2021

In April, the Glasgow Convention Bureau became the first DMO to join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. One industry that both contributes to global warming and suffers from its negative effects is tourism. Nine other bureaus have signed on since then. Courtesy of Glasgow Convention Bureau). Case in point: In 2019, the U.K.-based

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 12, 2017

Initiatives dovetail with 2017 Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. The United Nations will launch the Year of Sustainable Tourism on January 18, and Fiona Pelham, immediate past president of Meeting Professionals International, is working with the U.N.'s By Fiona Pelham. read more.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 19, 2022

Greenhouse gases (tourism is responsible for around 8 percent of global carbon emissions, three-quarters of which is due to aviation), local resource overuse (e.g., What is sustainable travel? Sustainable or eco-travel is a way of managing travel activities so that the natural environment is preserved and supported.

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Travel Daily News

MARCH 29, 2023

Biosphere , the sustainability management and recognition system of the Responsible Tourism Institute , and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance have joined forces to support and implement action on Net Positive Hospitality. Sustainability and tourism will be one in the future, which calls for decisive action.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The association is working with Congress toward restoring some of the tax deductions for business travel that were eliminated in the 2017 Tax Bill, and to pass legislation to provide temporary tax credits and deductions through the Hospitality and Commerce Jobs Recovery Act, U.S.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Dean shared that while the island is ahead of the national average for staffing due in part to the return of those who were displaced after Hurricane Maria in 2017, a lot of businesses still aren’t fully staffed. The Rebirth of Staffing Hotels and destinations from Puerto Rico to Washington, D.C.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 3, 2023

Timothy Clark, President, Emirates Airline, has addressed travel and tourism delegates at Arabian Travel Market 2023. As ATM 2023 focuses on ‘Working Towards Net Zero’ Clark touched on the airline’s sustainability strategy: “The fuel from the aviation industry accounts for 2-2.5% of global emissions.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 4, 2018

You should also play with seating to boost engagement — theater-style seating is “so 2017.”. In fact, demand for such venues already rose 4% in 2017. It’s all part of the push for “local” that’s taking industries by storm — from food to goods and even tourism. In, 2017 most major mobile apps incorporated some form of AI.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 23, 2018

million annual visitors, breaks 2017 record appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. In 2017, the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) hosted a whopping 353 MICE events including 103 mega-events that attracted 2.6 In 2017, DWTC hosted over 1.1 The post Dubai World Trade Centre crosses 3.3 Having welcomed 3.3

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 20, 2021

Nestled in the heart of downtown, the freshly minted GCCC — which had a $140 million makeover in 2017 that added 47,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space — boasts a total of 1.8 million square feet, four exhibit halls with 373,000 square feet of exhibit space, three ballrooms, and 75 meeting rooms.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 24, 2018

The post Ras Al Khaimah tourism, fuelled by MICE and adventure, up 14% appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) announced its latest tourism figures yesterday. Germany remained as the second biggest source market, up 4%, followed by the UK, up 13% on 2017.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 17, 2018

The post New futuristic and sustainable convention centre puts Costa Rica on the MICE map appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. According to Mr. Ventura, this strategy has put Costa Rica in the 53rd place among 200 countries in the 2017 International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) world ranking.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The post CATA’s outlook for Central America tourism initiatives in 2018 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. An increase in first quarter visitors 2018, investments in tourism infrastructure, new flight routes and more regular connections between Europe and Central America spur multi-centre travel to the region.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 5, 2021

A Tourism Improvement District (TID) is a revolutionary way to fund destination marketing programs. They are typically run by local businesses that collaborate and invest collectively to support the growth and development of their destination’s tourism industry. West Hollywood Tourism Improvement District Case Study.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

In March, the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism pumped the brakes on a new convention center that was proposed to be built in Australia’s capital city. Moscone Center plans to achieve LEED Platinum certification and become the most environmentally sustainable convention center in North America. Jacksonville.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 15, 2023

How is Tourism Connected to Mass Emigration? In addition, the blog will answer the questions of how tourism can help and, more importantly, how the people still living in the southern, mostly abandoned villages, feel about it. The financial situation has drastically declined since 2017. How can tourism help?

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

founder Hilina Ajakaiye, surrounded by some of the volunteers who organized the 1,400-person women’s leadership conference in 2022, first created the conference in 2017. Women’s Leadership Conference (Realizing Inspiration & Sustaining Excellence), held for the fifth time on Sept.

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Crowdriff

JANUARY 10, 2018

The influx of tourism presents a new challenge for visitors and locals alike. Finding a way to make tourism sustainable within a tight budget. Nor is the town looking to discourage visitors from traveling there, as the local economy is wholly dependent on the tourism industry. Photo courtesy of Visit Sedona.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 23, 2023

While other forms of tourism engage the traveler with another area’s social, historical, and cultural elements, trail tourism is a form of “ slow tourism.” Trail tourism also provides many benefits, such as protecting the environment, boosting the economy, and preserving the culture of the surrounding community.

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Travel Daily News

MARCH 28, 2023

Elisabeth Köstinger is a former Austrian politician who was an MEP from 2009 to 2017, and subsequently served as Minister for Agriculture, Sustainability and Tourism in the Government of Chancellors Kurz , Schallenberg and Nehammer. She retired from politics in 2022 to become CEO of an Austrian ESG-Fintech.

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Tourism eSchool

MARCH 3, 2021

They are seen by many local government and tourism organisations as a significant cost line in an operating budget, with very little visible impact to the economy. eg Regional Tourism Organisation/Private Industry/Community Groups/Retail Traders/Local Residents. Australian Tourism Data Warehouse listings embraced.

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Solimar International

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To celebrate the important history of Native Americans, we present three groups and the practices they established to utilize and honor the natural systems that sustained them. October 8, 2017. Three Indigenous Groups and their Sustainable Practices. Courtesy of PBS. Reclaiming and Renaming Columbus Day. Rich-beyond-belief?

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2022

In this article, we’ll mention the budding tourism trends and give six examples of startups that capitalize on the changes in the industry. Sustainable travel. Companies can attract broader audiences by providing them with transparent information and making sustainable travel options easier to find. Local experiences.

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Path Destination Management

MAY 31, 2017

Why working closely with local small business suppliers is the right path for destination management companies to deliver responsible tourism. by Bruce Haxton | August 1, 2017 | Product Development | 0 Comments There are a handful of words that it seems DMCs and travel companies feel the need to use at every turn.

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 2, 2023

Looking Ahead: New Hotels and Stronger Support for Tourism In 2022, the largest number of events took place: traditionally in hotel facilities, which are suitable for holding smaller meetings and conferences. The hotel market is now undergoing significant expansion. Meetings industry has a great potential, which Prague should use.

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